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Acupuncture Treats Drug Addiction

Posted by on Mar 24, 2015 in Acupuncture, Mind & Spirit, Research | Comments Off on Acupuncture Treats Drug Addiction

Acupuncture Treats Drug Addiction

Clinical trials are currently underway to determine the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating drug addiction.  Yet, there are still many unanswered questions about the basic mechanisms of acupuncture. Additional research using animal models is of primary importance in understanding the basic mechanisms of acupuncture. Chronic exposure to drugs of abuse produces a withdrawal state as reflected in increases in brain reward thresholds, and this change in reward threshold appears in be opposite Read more...

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